Improvement in cigar-machines



' ISAAC TAEN EYCKl AND JOHN O.' REILLEY,

LEY assidus His nient-'ro sain tra; uren,y

Letters Patent N 107,307,1 ldtetl September 13, 1870.

IMPRovnMENT m crean-MACHINES.

The chedule referred to'ln these Letters Patent: and 'makingpart of the same To all whom lit 'may concern Be it kuownl that we, Isaac Tnx Eroliv and JOHN O.- REILLES, both of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Machines;, and we do here-v by declare that the following is a full and exact d escription thereof, reference beingliad to the acceuipanying drawing forming a part of' this specification and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Ourinvention .relates to improvements Vin cigar-A macbines, and. more particularly to improrements 'on a machine invented by William F. Waterich,

'and'. assignedbyhim to himself 'and Isaac Tnx Eroli.' v t l It is well known that the wrappers forcigars `are nt from the leaves right and' left, and machines heretofore hare been made with rollers twice the lengt-h of the longest cigar, an adjustable shapingcollar o r thimble being placed near thc'centcr ot'cach roller, so. that 1ighthaud1xtrapp-ers .might herolledat one end'oi the machine, and left-hand n'i'appersat the other end. This makes the sieot' the machine materially larger than would be necessary to 'make right or left cigars only.

In the machine herein described, the shapingthimbles played to roll eithery right or left wrappers, and also `to roll cigars any desired length.

'lhe nature of-our. invention consists, first, in the employment of four rollers, upon which are closely fitted movable thinibles, made so aste-'be adjusted lin any desired position upon the said rollers, for the purpose of forming any desired length or form of cigar, as may suit thel manufacturer .or consumer.

This feature of `our invention more particularlyv consists in simplifying or dispensing with all Vthe costly and expensive megha-nism for operatingthe said thimbles upon and over the said rollers, so that they are moved into any'desired positionby the thumb and linger, where, if they are properly fitted,

they will remain securely in their places. 1t has been found, by actual experiment, that the 4mechanism heretofore employed for operating these thimblcs is very liable to wear'andget outot' order, and become useless and of no account.

^ To enable others skilled in the art' te make and particularly use lour intention, we will proceed more to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 represents a topplan view of a cigareina! chine containing our improvements.

Figure 2 shows an end view 'ot' iig. 1 and the adjustable hangers.

Figure shows an opposite end view from iig. 2' in which is also'shown'the adjustable hangers'.

' Letters of like name and kind indicate like parts in each of thcigures..

In the machine containing our .impi' qvei iients` A in the drawing represents the ii'ame, which tion or geared arms F F.

are movable-overihe entire length of the rollers, so that the same roller surfaces may be .eini which isdeemed unnecessary.

. amount 0i' expense, as ircll as time, is construction and operation. v N-N are spiral or other springs, for keeping-the maybe made of anyof the well-known metals suit# ableforr the purpose, and of proper form .and dimens; sions for receiving and supportingthe proper inachinery of the machine.

B B reprcsentadgustable hangcrs,'in which the rollers' C O1 C2 C3 are supported and run? D is a shaft that runs from end to endof the mav chine, and having bearings/inthe ends of the frame A, to which said shaft is, secured the arms E, within which is located one ofthe rollers C;

or SNEWTYoni-tguir.; sain antite- At the outer ends of L- this shaft Dare ysecured frie-V At the outer-end of the roller Cl is collar, (1l, on the outside of which'is cnt a rightvhand screw-' thread, which works in a. left-hand screwrack,'11,`

which is made stationary to the frame A.

On each end ofthe shaft of 'the roller G, `and inside thc frame A, are spiral rings, I I, which serre to throw thc roller back to its original position, af l ter ithas been drawn up-ertoward-the end of thema chine, next to theheadely by the screw-tln'ead on 'the collar G, whenv it is disengaged, which is done by means of bearing down the lever O, and, through by suitablegear-wheels, a particular description ol J is the bandwheel, to which attached, to drive the machine.

t K is the platforml or table,'on which'the stock iin' the cigar isfed to the machine.

L L are'- thimbles, closelyafittig over the outside of the respective rollers, and made so' as to more. longitudinally thereon, i'or the purpose ofrarying the length oi' the cigar, as also its shape oriorm.

These thmbles can be moved or adjusted to any position upon the rollers, at the will of the operator,

simply bythe thu-mb and finger, by which; means all the medium of tl'ie-.ii'ietion or geared arms F and P, the. roller Cl is thrown' back and carries with' it -the collar G, which at once becomes disengaged.

All the rollers, vwith the Vexception of C, are driven the vpower may be v intricate and ycomplicated .mechanism isdispensed with for operating the' said thimbles, so that -a large roller Cl and collar Gr in position. Haring thus described our invent-ion,

tweenthe ends oi'- said rollers, substantially :se-t

isi-tao TEN nuca- JOHN o. REILLEY.

witnesses:- 1 Witfax'rz,

C. Rooms. l

What we claim as new, and desire to secure byLeL- ters Patentiot" thc-United States, is-

The rollers C (11,"provided, with the thimblcs L L,.- l arranged to be adjustedby hand at any point, bc-

safed in their. 

